November 22, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Associated Press, November 20, 2023) Mexico’s government issued a decree Monday that will force private freight railway lines to give preference to passenger train service over their normal freight runs. The decree gives the two main private concessionary...
November 21, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains.com, November 17, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City says it has agreed to study passenger service on part of its freight network in Mexico, and is reviewing a draft decree by the Mexican government regarding passenger train operations. Full story:...
November 16, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Mexico, Shippers
(Source: Trains.com, November 13, 2023) BNSF Railway and J.B. Hunt are shifting their Mexico intermodal service to Ferromex via the Eagle Pass gateway, a route they say is a day faster than the current BNSF-Canadian Pacific Kansas City routing via Laredo, Texas. Full...
November 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Associated Press, November 8, 2023) Mexico’s president announced Wednesday that he will require private rail companies that mostly carry freight to offer passenger service or else have the government schedule its own trains on their tracks. President Andrés...
November 1, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Reuters, October 27, 2023) Rail company Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has temporarily held back rail cars containing fuel and petrochemicals bound from Texas to Mexico following Mexico’s restrictions for oil imports in a move to fight smuggling,...
October 31, 2023 | Mexico, News, UP
The BLET’s National Legislative Office in Washington, D.C., scored a regulatory win for BLET members last week by blocking Union Pacific’s attempt to move trains across the border into the U.S. at Laredo, Texas without stopping under certain conditions. UP...
August 9, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico, Ports
(Source: Seatrade Maritime News, August 8, 2023) In the face of continued problems with traffic volumes at the Panama Canal, shippers and carriers will likely seek alternatives which is where CPKC believes it can step in. CPKC was formed in April this year out of a...
June 19, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: The Loadstar, June 19, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City Rail (CPKC) is bullish on the prospects for its Mexico intermodal reefer service launched last month despite the closure last week of one of the pioneers of the concept. Full story: The...
May 31, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Canadian Pacific Kansas City press release, May 30, 2023) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) today announced the addition of 1,000 new, 53-foot, refrigerated intermodal containers to its network, more than doubling CPKC’s existing fleet and...
May 26, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Lawsuit, Mexico, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 25, 2023) Union Pacific is suing the Surface Transportation Board because the agency’s approval of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger didn’t fully protect cross-border competition at the Laredo, Texas, gateway or address the...
